Prevalence of ocular manifestations in HIV patients

Abstract

: To study the prevalence of ocular manifestations in the HIV-positive individuals and find out the different types of ocular manifestations in HIV patients based on their CD4 count levels. This is a cross-sectional observational study with a sample size of 70 which will be conducted in department of Ophthalmology at Trichy SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre. This study includes all HIV positive patients irrespective of their age group, gender. A total of 70 cases were included in this study. HIV induced ocular manifestations were present in 33 out of 70 patients which has accounted for 47% in our study. Most of the patients with HIV were in the age group ranging between 20 years to 70 years. Most commonly seen ocular manifestations were anterior segment manifestations accounting for 33.33% and then adnexal manifestations (27%), posterior segment manifestations (24%) and the neuro-ophthalmic manifestations (15.15%). Ocular manifestations with highest prevalence were seen to be present in population with CD4 ranging between 250-300 cells/mm. Of these anterior segment manifestations were common.: In our study, anterior segment manifestations were more commonly seen than posterior segment manifestations. Dry Eye disorder and HIV Retinopathy are the most commonly seen manifestations. Early screening of HIV positive individual should be done for the ocular manifestations at time of diagnosis.